If not for the man on the mound, the Cubs ninth inning comeback yesterday against the Rockies would have simply been fun.  After going 0-79 last year in games they trailed in the ninth, it only took the Cubs three attempts this year to mount a successful comeback.

When Dexter Fowler homered to turn a 5-4 deficit into a 6-5 lead that the Cubs would hold onto, it was another reminder that these aren’t the same old Cubs.  Nobody knows where this season will take us (maybe nowhere), but the scenery will be more interesting than it’s been a for a while.

No, an April homer won’t erase memories of Victor Diaz’s homer in the final week of 2004 or of LaTroy bouncing a throw off of Jose Offerman’s helmet and into the stands in another humiliating loss earlier that year.

But LaTroy hanging on 0-2 slider with two outs in the ninth sure felt good.

If nothing else, the 2015 Cubs figure to capture and keep our attention.  It sure was worth it yesterday.